This Billboard House is a lightweight <a href="http://inhabitat.com/prefab-friday-interview-with-toby-long/" target="_blank">prefab structure</a> attached to the back of a canvas billboard mounted onto a rooftop in Mexico City. The house, designed by architect <a href="http://etcetera001.blogspot.de/2013/03/billboard-house.html" target="_blank">Julio Gómez Trevilla</a>, acts as both an advertising tool and a temporary home for the artist hired to paint the<a href="http://inhabitat.com/apostrophys-billboard-house-is-an-urban-dwelling-that-doubles-as-advertising-space/" target="_blank"> billboard</a>. The artist will live in the house for 10 days until the artwork is finished.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

The house can be transformed to suit the needs of the artist hired to produce the artwork.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

The house includes a terrace which is accessed through a door located within the billboard itself.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

The canvas thus becomes structurally integrated with the house, while acting as its façade.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

It was conceived as a versatile one-room space.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

In order to prevent excess heat, the designer introduced a wooden roof separated from the housing module, providing shade for the space bellow and create the terrace deck.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

The plumbing is situated in a small tower that pierces the structure and rises above the deck.

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Billboard House Julio Gómez Trevilla

This Billboard House is a lightweight prefab structure attached to the back of a canvas billboard mounted onto a rooftop in Mexico City. The house, designed by architect Julio Gómez Trevilla, acts as both an advertising tool and a temporary home for the artist hired to paint the billboard. The artist will live in the house for 10 days until the artwork is finished.